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It is possible to do something, and to do something meticulously and completely with out creating a goal ... all nature works this way.
The future doesn't exist. It hasn't happened yet. The past doesn't exist. It has already happened.
What transpires for the least significant member transpires at once for the whole.
Serene illumination, or just sitting, is not a technique, or a means to some resulting higher state of consciousness, or any particular state of being. Just sitting, one simply meets the immediate present. Desiring some flashy experience, or anything more or other than 'this' is mere worldly vanity and craving.
Wordless is not the same of expressionless. All phenomenon of the universe, audible and inaudible, tangible and intangible, sentient and insentient, are the clear and ceaseless expression of the buddha nature.
Creativity is our birthright. It is an integral part of being human, as basic as walking, talking and thinking.
Words and ideas are a description of reality, silence is a negation of reality. What is the reality itself?
No creature, large or small, ever fails to cover the ground upon which it stands.
To know objects only through dissecting and cataloguing them is to miss their full reality. It is to fall asleep amidst the mystery and to become numb to the wonder of this great Earth.
To be still means to empty yourself from the incessant flow of thoughts and create a state of consciousness that is open and receptive.
If you miss the moment, you miss your life.
There is no place to search for the truth. Though it's right beneath your feet, it can't be found.
In the action of no-action (wu-wei), a cardinal aspect of the true creative process is set forth. In wu-wei, the mind is silenced and the work is allowed to express itself.
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they able to teach, why talk about it? Since listening isn't really hearing or attaining anything, then why listen? But say, since it cannot be explained or heard, how can you enter the Way? But down the bagagge, take of the blinders, and see for yourself that this very place is the valley of the endless spring, this very body is the body of the universe. At such a time, who is it who can accompany this?
